Noldorin
bon(n)
adjective. snouted
Derivations
Element in
- N. annabon “elephant” ✧ Ety/MBUD
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶mbundā > bon [mbundā] > [mbunda] > [bunda] > [bonda] > [bond] > [bonn] ✧ Ety/MBUD
An adjective for “snouted” in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing only in a reduced form as the final element of N. annabon “elephant” = “long-snouted” (Ety/MBUD). It was derived from primitive ᴹ✶mbundā under the root ᴹ√MBUD “project” (Ety/MBUD), where the u became o via a-affection.
Neo-Sindarin: In keeping with the principle that nd remained “at the end of fully accented monosyllables” in Sindarin (LotR/1115), I would adapted this word as ᴺS. bond “snouted” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin.